Senior Family Led Decision Making Facilitator

As part of our journey to be Anti Racist, at Hackney we want our workforce to represent the community we serve, that's why we encourage applications from Black and Global Majority ethnic backgrounds.

We are looking for an experienced and skilled Senior Family Led Decision Making Facilitator to join our service and help lead high quality Family Led Decision Meetings for families supported by Children and Families Services. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting children to remain safely within their family and community networks wherever possible. You will work alongside children, parents, carers and professionals to facilitate meaningful family led planning in accessible venues across the borough, particularly in situations where there are concerns about significant harm, pre proceedings or potential care proceedings.

As a senior facilitator within the service, you will line manage Family Led Decision Making Facilitators and a Parental Advocacy Officer, while also holding a small caseload and contributing to the operational oversight and ongoing development of the service.

• Facilitate high quality Family Led Decision Meetings that are child centred, strengths based and culturally responsive.
• Support families to identify and build on their networks, including wider family, friends, faith and community connections.
• Work within a Systemic, Trauma Informed and Anti Racist (STAR) framework.
• Provide supervision, support and development to facilitators within the team.
• Contribute to quality assurance, service improvement and reflective learning.
• Work collaboratively with social workers and partner agencies to improve outcomes for children.
• Help shape and coordinate culturally specific Family Led Decision Meeting offers delivered through community and voluntary sector organisations.

• Holds a relevant qualification in social work, therapy, youth work or a related field, with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Has significant post qualifying experience of working directly with children and families in complex contexts.
• Is skilled in managing risk, conflict and emotionally challenging situations with confidence and sensitivity.
• Demonstrates strong leadership, reflective practice and relationship building skills.
• Has a strong understanding of systemic, trauma informed and anti racial practice.
• Is passionate about amplifying children's voices and empowering families to lead decision making.
• Can work effectively across professional networks and challenge practice where required to promote positive outcomes for children.
• Can confidently analyse complex information, exercise sound judgement and communicate effectively with families and professional networks.
• Has experience in supervision, mentoring or supporting the development of others.

• This role requires flexibility, including evening work.
• Enhanced DBS required.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.